Word: contractions
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Maritime Commission gave a contract to Henry J. Kaiser, who had never built anything more elaborate than a Liberty ship, and the Navy was told to keep hands off. While the Navy glowered and went on building its own escort carriers, the new 480-ft., 4,000-ton babies of the Casablanca class began rolling off the Kaiser assembly lines...
Human tuberculosis germs treated with the mold were injected in 24 guinea pigs. Six died of T.B. The other 18 did not contract the disease, although an equal dose of the germs, not treated with the mold, was almost 100% fatal to a group of control animals...
...Douglas Navy plane was grounded in Kansas through loss of an aileron hinge. The Douglas plant, within easy flying distance, had plenty of hinges, but all were beinturned out under Army contract. The Navy plane had to wait ten days while it got its hinge through Philadelphia via Oakland, Calif...
Like a bagpipe, Westbrook Pegler is raucous, penetrating, effective in arousing belligerent emotions. But also like a bagpipe, he is monotonously limited in range and variety. Last week it was announced that Columnist Pegler will shortly begin piping for a new audience. When his contract with Scripps-Howard and its United Feature Syndicate ends in November, the Pegler column will shift to Hearst and Hearst's King Features Syndicate...
...American Contract Bridge League has five tournament ratings: 1) Junior Master (1 to 9 master points); 2) Master (10 to 24); 3) National Master (25 to 149); 4) Senior Master (150 to 299); Life Master (over...